Effect of Feeding Habit on Weight in Infancy

Michael De Swiet; Peter Fayers; Lesley Cooper

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(77)91211-9

Effect of Feeding Habit on Weight in Infancy

Michael De Swiet^*
, Peter Fayers
, Lesley Cooper

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A population study of 758 infants born at the same hospital showed that weight at the ages of six weeks and six months was not significantly related to breast or bottle feeding, the early introduction of solids, or the sodium content of bottle feeds. Weight at six weeks was related to the volume and energy content of the feeds which were examined in those babies that were bottle-fed alone. Although analysis of a single feed showed that mothers mixed feeds incorrectly, there was no evidence that mixing of overstrength feeds leads to obesity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	892-894
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	309
Issue number	8017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(77)91211-9
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 1977

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tities of solids from an early age may become large obese, quan-but we found no evidence that this was a general finding in the infant population of Bromley. We thank the nurses, D. Johnson, J. Mitchell, F. Smith, and E. Szewvzyk for their enthusiasm; the parents for their cooperation; Prof. June Lloyd for invaluable criticism; and Mrs S. Cowley for sec- retarial help. This study was supported by a grant from the Medical Research Council to M. de S. and the nurses.

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